April 19, 1775
The Revolutionary War begins at Lexington and Concord
Fighting between British regulars and colonial militia at Lexington and Concord opened the American Revolutionary War. Although the best-known early battles occurred far from western Virginia, the conflict shaped militia service and frontier defense in the region that included the land later formed into Preston County.
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